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Matthew Yu

Status
Postdoctoral Research Associate
+44 1865 615182
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ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5801-0995
Research groups
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Topology
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Major / recent publications

A full list of my publications may be found on: iNSPIRE, Google Scholar

Mutual Influence of Symmetries and Topological Field Theories

Teixeira D. , Yu M. , (July 2025) https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06304

Global Structure in the Presence of a Topological Defect 

Debray A. ,  Ye W. ,  Yu M. , (Jan 2025) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.18399

A Non-Semisimple Non-Invertible Symmetry

Delcamp C. ,  Heng E. ,  Yu M. (Dec 2024) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.19635

Type IIA String Theory and tmf with Level Structure

Debray A. ,  Yu M. (Nov 2024) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.07299

The Classification of Fusion 2-Categories

Décoppet T. ,  Huston P. ,  Johnson-Freyd T. ,  Nikshych D.,  Penneys D. ,  Plavnik J. ,  Reutter D. ,  Yu M. (Nov 2024) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.05907

Fusion 3-Categories for Duality Defects

Bhardwaj L. ,  Décoppet T. ,  Schafer-Nameki S. ,  Yu M. (Aug 2024) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.13302

Bosonization and Anomaly Indicators of (2+1)-D Fermionic Topological Orders

Debray A. ,  Ye W. ,  Yu M (Dec 2023) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.13341

 

Research interests

Quantum field and string theory, stable homotopy theory, higher (fusion) categories, quantum lattice models. 

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